Monday, October 25th 2021
GIGABYTE AORUS DDR5 Memory Pictured
GIGABYTE is ready with its first AORUS-branded DDR5 memory kits. Pictured below is the first of its kind, which should give you an idea of the design for the series. The one pictured below is a DDR5-5200 two-module kit with 16 GB DIMMs, making up 32 GB, which is this generation's mainstream memory amount, as 16 GB (2x 8 GB) was for DDR4, and 8 GB for DDR3 (2x 4 GB). It features XMP 3.0, letting you effortlessly enable the advertised frequencies on a Z690 chipset motherboard. It's likely that the company designs other models with 8 GB DIMMs that have higher frequencies, or even 64 GB kits using "dual-rank" 32 GB DIMMs.
13 Comments on GIGABYTE AORUS DDR5 Memory Pictured
I prefered those times when Gigabyte offered graphics cards and motherboards, while memory was manufactured by clasical brands, such as Corsair, Kingston, AData, Crucial, Patriot etc...
In the best case scenario, badge engineering creates pointless overpriced products, in the worst case scenario - PSU explosions
Like I bought a Realme 8 6/128 4G phone not long ago and only the punk black color variant came w/o that 'Dare To Leap' text on its back, luckily I found 1 shop selling that color in my country but still I wouln't mind a different color w/o the text if it existed.
Dunno maybe its a thing over there and maybe ppl like it but I'm really not a fan of such. 'brand names/logos are fine with me tho'
Only reason I don't have it now is I built a system out of parts I had for a friends son.
Jokes aside, I generally would buy or refer people to buy RAMs from say Samsung, Micron, SK Hynix, etc, who produce these RAM chips. There are a lot of companies just buying their NAND and RAM and slapping their brand and giving it a cosmetic change (RGB and heatspread) that's all. And for these cosmetic changes, they are charging a premium for it.
Personally I am waiting for Patriot to release good quality DDR5 RAM sticks.
I have a set of Patriot DDR3 and they work fine at stock setting but don't overclock worth a hoot. If it's a set-it and forget-it build like my Plex server they do well. For my gaming and benching rigs though, I prefer something that I can overclock and/or reduce latency.
From what I've read DDR5 4800MHz C40 is actually slower (read/write) than DDR4 3600MHz C16 but will still cost more. I'm just speculating here but I think lowering latency will provide more gains with DDR5 than actual overclocking. In a way, it reminds me of DDR2.